Week 2- Petrelli on Drama

Hi Everyone, In this week's topic, I'm going to talk about the movie genre which is drama. and give some examples to support this article. and also, i would like to analysis that why i like it and what is the culture impact of this genre in those movies. 

The genre of drama is mostly depends on the realistic characters dealing with emotional themes such as racial prejudice, crime, drug addiction and alcoholism. We must to know that all genres can include dramatic elements which means the genre of a movie can be not only drama but also mixed, for example, The Godfather(1972) which is belong to the genre of Crime Drama. There is another movie called Forrest Gump(1994) which is a Drama Comedy. In those movies, the elements of drama is not the mainly issue which are focusing in the movie. otherwise, it makes the movie more interesting especially for those people who interested in different genres.  

The first movie i would like to talk about is Crash (2004) which won three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing of 2005 at the 78th Academy Awards. It is a movie about the relationships in different class of people in the society and how they are all relate to each other in one story line. when i first saw this movie, i thought those people has no connection with each others but after few more times focusing on the story i finally catch it. in this movie, it talks about the issues such as Class, Racism, culture shock and religion. it is such a phenomenon movie which touch the audience so deeply in a way that the audience had a connection with. 

i do believe that chick flicks create unrealistic expectations of man. because the answer is simple that the man which created in those movies are unrealistic, most of them are not related to the real world it just like a hallucination in their mind. 

Firstly, i would like to say that action movies are different from violent movies. in my theory, those are two different type of movies. Action movies are actors jumping out from a speeding car or somebody trying to catch up a flight or something. but on the other hand, the violent movies are the audience amazed by those things such as blood and dead body. 

Ok, that's all for today, i hope you like it and share your opinions with me, thank you.

Week 2 -Film Genre

gWell, I do believe that movie is an important element in my life because I always watch movie in my spare time and every movies is different and unique. I do like some action and dramas movies because of its special effect and its characters.

One of the action movies that has become my favorites so far is mission impossible. This movie is starring by famous Hollywood actor Tom Cruise. I think this movie is the best action movie I have ever watched, because this movie has a lot of incredible effects and the characters in this movie is outstanding than any other action movies. I always entertaining with action movies. However this kind of movie also has some disadvantages, because there are a lot of violences in this sort of movies, and I think it will affect people's behaviour when they watch action movies because they can be rude because of watching action movies.


On the other hand, movies such as The proposal and Legally Blonde has been the most popular comedy dramas movies in the cinema. Both of this movies are entertaining and funny. Especially Legally Blonde movies. This movies has a big cultural impact because they created the story about chicks flicks in the contemporary media which create unrealistic expectations of men. However, this movie is really inspired many people with the message given by the end of this movie.

Good message from this movie that “don’t judge the book from its cover” convey the moral message from this movie that people’s perspective about blonde girl that they are dumb is not always true and do not judge people by their appearance only .

In addition, every movies has strong characters, unique story and special elements. I do believes that each movies has a cultural impact in the society whether it is bring a positive or negative impact.

Week 2-Romantic Films Do Not Suit Reality

Personally, I, and I believe many others love the romantic films but based on the reality. However, as we can see in the marked, most of them are not. The romance films are mostly welcomed by females. Nearly everyone who loves to watch these kinds of films and dreams to have such a nice, perfect and prince-like boyfriend, who wishes to do everything for her, even includes sacrifices his life. However, based on the human nature, we have to accept the truth very unfortunately, that THERE ARE NONE.

So, are the films liars? It is a kind of misleading which let more and more people live in the imagination.

Based on Anita’s idea in the previous passage, the Vampire film Twilight and its second section New Moon are examples. I have to say that I went to watch the New Moon and I did not get it. Firstly, the film actually did not give a good script about the plot. It emphases some details which are not really necessary. Jacob, for example, takes of his shirts to wipe Bella’s blood on her head. He stands up suddenly and it seems like the purpose of this plot is to show how many muscles he has on his stomach. Most of audiences in the cinema laughed; the similar example is Edward. He is gloomy and depressed about his life. So that I want to ask: are those the factors to make a good film? Well, I believe one of the main reasons to make this film so popular is the actors and actresses are hunks and beauties.

Secondly, the film is sending questionable idea. I agree with Anita. I doubt that is Edward, who is with deep depressive ideologies, the right and the perfect guy that girls need to look for? I guess, the reason that makes the figure be welcomed is only because of his great and 100% love for Bella. However, this obviously should not be the only or main reason of a girl to be with the guy. Well, this is a mirror of the sad truth that it is hardly to find such a guy in really life. The individualism and selfish in human nature hardly allow people to do so. 

Other films such as the Notebook and PS I Love You have the similar effect to direct females into a kind of romance imagination. To be honest, they are impressive. However, audiences are touched by the unrealistic stories. 

Please check the link which is the ANSWERS from a part of the public about why women love romantic films.  

After so many unrealistic, misleading but incredible romantic films, it is easy to find out the stereotypes. A man, who is charming, prince-like and persuaded by nearly all of the females in the suburb, does a presentation to show how much he loves a girl; however, the girl does not like him and always be away from him. Okay, this is unique. Or, the man can do every thing for the girl and even sacrifice life. Or, he will chase the girl in the rain and cry painfully in the rain. Or, when the girl gets married, he will be unexpected but attends to the wedding. Or, like The Notebook, he will wait for her in the rest years of his life, and then they will meet at then end of life and close their eyes forever together. 

Therefore, the influence of the romantic film is big mainly for women. By watching them, women create a high expectation of looking for perfect men to be boyfriends and husbands. It’s time to realise that imagination is imagination. We are living in reality. So that, which means, in my opinion, although films are art productions, they should be logical.